Hagen, Brad F.(McGill School of NursingSchool of Health SciencesUniversity of Lethbridge, 2003)

The purpose of this short article is to highlight some of the positive and negative
issues confronting gerontological nurse researchers. These issues fall into three categories: ethical, recruitment and sampling, and measurement.

Objective: The objective of this phenomenological qualitative study was to explore the lived experience of older adults who engage in problem or pathological gambling.
Method and sample: Older adults who gambled were ...

This paper will include an overview of some of the characteristics of community development and a description of the community development project. The methods used to evaluate the project will be
presented along with ...

A review of problem gambling in forensic populations suggests that one third of criminal offenders meet criteria for problem or pathological gambling. This is the highest rate yet found in any
population. Approximately ...

The objective of the longitudinal study was to monitor physical and cognitive changes in a population of 330 older people being supported at home by health services. The participants were 75 years and older and classified ...

Objectives: To examine the use of psychotropic drugs in 24 rural and urban longterm
care (LTC) facilities, and compare the effect of an education intervention
for LTC staff and family members on the use of psychotropic ...

Despite the increasing evidence about the inappropriate use of medications by older people, there is very little published evidence about the control and monitoring of neuroleptic drugs used in nursing homes. As others ...

One in 16 adults in British Columbia is a caregiver for a close friend or family member with a long term illness or disability. As such, it is not surprising that the government has begun to recognize
the valuable role ...

This article describes an alternative approach to evaluating a program involving
support groups for family caregivers, using focus group interviews conducted three months following a 10-week program. This was one component ...

The purpose of this exploratory, phenomenological-hermeneutic study was to explore the experience of non-problem gambling by older adults. Twelve older gamblers were identified as non-problem gamblers using two gambling ...